MSI Z97M GAMING (MS-7919)

Performance Results


Gaming 69% Battle cruiser	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 59% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 83.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	81.7% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	96.8% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7919
Motherboard	MSI Z97M GAMING (MS-7919) (all builds)
Memory	11 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20160218
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	Oct 28 '17 at 05:35
Run Duration	187 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	15%

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PC Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	83.4% Excellent	Memory 89.2 1-Core 124 2-Core 254 87% 156 Pts	4-Core 418 8-Core 658 66% 538 Pts	64-Core 661 41% 661 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 83.4% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6173) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.0 Performing below potential (73^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	81.7% Excellent	Lighting 98.7 Reflection 104 Parallax 88.1 80% 96.8 fps	MRender 100 Gravity 101 Splatting 106 84% 102 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 81.7% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 730 Series 240GB-$250 8,417 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 95GB free (System drive) Firmware: L201 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 98 98 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 25221 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 46 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 19 (AF) Unknown 100 100 597121827468 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 74 74 437387290 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 19 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 26 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 353342 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 0 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 49 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 1852 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 98 98 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 353342 (F2) Unknown 100 100 347340	96.8% Outstanding	Read 498 Write 272 Mixed 353 83% 374 MB/s	4K Read 37.4 4K Write 128 4K Mixed 31.9 165% 65.6 MB/s	DQ Read 278 DQ Write 237 DQ Mixed 89.7 113% 201 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 96.8% Great: 95%
Intel 730 Series 480GB-$230 5,159 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 46GB free Firmware: L201 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 96 96 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 25379 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 47 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 18 (AF) Unknown 100 100 601416860260 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 74 74 437321754 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 18 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 26 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 246690 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 0 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 91 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 1853 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 99 99 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 246690 (F2) Unknown 100 100 213240	108% Outstanding	Read 490 Write 415 Mixed 432 99% 446 MB/s	4K Read 36.2 4K Write 128 4K Mixed 38.6 172% 67.6 MB/s	DQ Read 270 DQ Write 257 DQ Mixed 103 121% 210 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 110%
WD Se 2TB (2013)-$74 2,177 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 460GB free Firmware: 01.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 178 169 6075 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 601 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 63 63 27501 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 99 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 42 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 559 (C2) HDA temperature 120 110 30 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	53.1% Above average	Read 112 Write 72.5 Mixed 77.2 65% 87.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 2.68 4K Mixed 0.25 109% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 53.1% Great: 93%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 103GB free Firmware: 15.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 143 140 3841 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3000 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 38 38 45374 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 196 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 114 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2885 (C2) HDA temperature 112 102 31 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	50.3% Above average	Read 94.4 Write 80.6 Mixed 86.6 66% 87.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.42 4K Write 1.79 4K Mixed 0.32 86% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 50.3% Great: 69%
WD Blue 640GB (2008)-$33 94,563 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 63GB free Firmware: 01.0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 158 156 5100 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3230 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 1 1 80297 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 430 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 277 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3226 (C2) HDA temperature 116 107 31 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	48.3% Average	Read 94.1 Write 74 Mixed 79.7 62% 82.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.28 93% 0.98 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 48.3% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5474-016.A00LF 99U5474-026.A00LF 99U5474-016.A00LF 99U5474-026.A00LF 16GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	51.6% Above average	MC Read 17.9 MC Write 18.4 MC Mixed 15.9 50% 17.4 GB/s	SC Read 14.7 SC Write 18.9 SC Mixed 16.7 48% 16.8 GB/s	Latency 68.2 59% 68.2 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 51.6% Great: 52%

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Gaming 43%

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Desktop 85%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: MSI Z97M GAMING (MS-7919) - $667

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	190x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	138x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	23x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	67x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	37x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	36x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	16x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	16x
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $95Bench 96%, 217,115 samples	15x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	22x
Savage DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBHyperXBench 63%, 20,216 samples	19x
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 58%, 40,596 samples	17x

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Total price: $1,309

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16